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Synonyms for deceive
dɪˈsivde·ceive
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Princeton's WordNet
deceive, lead on, delude, cozenverb
be false to; be dishonest with
Synonyms:
betray, lead astray, cozen, lead on, deludeAntonyms:
undeceivedeceive, betray, lead astrayverb
cause someone to believe an untruth
"The insurance company deceived me when they told me they were covering my house"
Synonyms:
cuckold, cheat on, lead astray, misguide, grass, bewray, delude, give away, lead on, betray, shit, stag, shop, cozen, mislead, misdirect, wander, rat, cheat, denounce, tell on, snitch, sell, fail, lead offAntonyms:
undeceive
Dictionary of English Synonymes
deceiveverb
Synonyms:
delude, cheat, dupe, gull, cozen, fool, befool, trick, circumvent, overreach, chouse, diddle, beguile, hood-wink, impose upon, make a fool of, play a trick upon, pull wool over one's eyes
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
deceiveverb
Synonyms:
delude, beguile, mislead, gull, impose upon, dupe, circumvent, hoodwink, bamboozleAntonyms:
undeceive, disillusionize, disabuse
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#343 | shop | |
#564 | sell | |
#2636 | fail | |
#4793 | shit | |
#5118 | grass | |
#5910 | rat | |
#6230 | cheat | |
#7167 | trick | |
#7585 | fool | |
#15599 | stag | |
#16122 | gull | |
#17542 | wander | |
#21860 | cuckold | |
#30329 | deceive | |
#31211 | disappoint | |
#33891 | circumvent | |
#34065 | mislead | |
#37100 | betray | |
#40292 | denounce | |
#46000 | dupe | |
#49972 | defraud | |
#61869 | snitch | |
#104699 | delude | |
#126145 | entrap | |
#145095 | beguile | |
#145312 | misguide | |
#149524 | ensnare | |
#182589 | cozen | |
#189189 | bewray | |
#203469 | hoodwink | |
#232391 | misdirect |
How to use deceive in a sentence?
Approach each new problem not with a view of finding what you hope will be there, but to get the truth, the realities that must be grappled with. You may not like what you find. In that case you are entitled to try to change it. But do not deceive yourself as to what you do find to be the facts of the situation.
What is the difference between unethical and ethical advertising Unethical advertising uses falsehoods to deceive the public ethical advertising uses truth to deceive the public.
The founders sat together with people from the 8200 Unit and they said, ‘Everyone’s focusing on the malware, but instead of focusing on that, step backward one step and look at the people who create the malware,’ the attacker has a weakness, like every human being. We thought about the attack from their point of view -- how they think, behave and act. We have a very good understanding of how they act so we know how to deceive them in their own territory.
The latest tape has at least 20 substantial and unexplained edits. Previous tapes released by this extremist group were heavily edited in order to distort what the people on the tapes actually said, these videos are intended to shock and deceive the public. For example, one video was edited to make it look like a doctor said she would.
When a person cannot deceive himself the chances are against his being able to deceive other people.
Translations for deceive
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- خدعArabic
- измамвам, мамяBulgarian
- decebreCatalan, Valencian
- klamat, oklamatCzech
- täuschen, betrügenGerman
- εξαπατώGreek
- trompiEsperanto
- burlar, engañarSpanish
- huijata, pettää, johtaa harhaanFinnish
- tromper, leurrerFrench
- meallScottish Gaelic
- לרמותHebrew
- becsap, átver, megtévesztHungarian
- մոլորեցնել, խաբելArmenian
- ingannareItalian
- להטעותHebrew
- 欺く, 騙すJapanese
- decipio, mentiorLatin
- klaidintiLithuanian
- maldināt, apmānītLatvian
- misleiden, bedriegenDutch
- enganarPortuguese
- amăgi, înșelaRomanian
- обмануть, обманыватьRussian
- nasamarívati, nasamáritiSerbo-Croatian
- bedraSwedish
- دھوکہ دیناUrdu
- lừa dốiVietnamese
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